Luminance enhancement of flip-chip light-emitting diodes by geometric sapphire shaping structure

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 184-186

  Lee, C E ^a   Kuo, H C ^a   Lee, Y C ^a   Tsai, M R ^a   Lu, T C ^a   Wang, S C ^a   Kuo, C T ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flip chip light emitting diodes (FC LEDs); Geometric sapphire shaping; Oblique sidewall; Sapphire wet etching

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ETCHING; EXTRACTION; SAPPHIRE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY-ETCHED FACETS; FLIP-CHIP LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES; GEOMETRIC SAPPHIRE SHAPING; OBLIQUE SIDEWALL; SAPPHIRE WET ETCHING;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 39549083702     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.912990     Document Type: Article

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